A new version of GWT Widgets is now up. It seems to have a lot of new features:

• Wrap existing HTML elements as widgets. Support for hyperlinks, images, buttons, and panels.
• Replace existing elements and widgets on the page with other widgets.
  
• PNGImage widget, with support for transparancy in IE5.5 and IE6.
  
• Color and BorderStyle constants for setting styles.
  
• ImageButton widget designed for use in tool bars.
  
• Allows for creation of buttons individually, or with the help of the ImageButtonFactory.
  

GWT 1.0.21 was released yesterday. You can find the details of what’s changed on the . The main issue for me that was fixed was . I’ve just tested it and it works great. I can now get chinese text to display in my page correctly now. Also, it now looks like GWT will work on IE7, although I can’t test it since I’ve already uninstalled it because of that very issue.

They’ve also put up a new so you can keep track of the latest bugs and features.

I just put up my first GWT demo. It’s kind of silly, but it demonstrates the use of the Scriptaculous Effects wrapper created by Robert Hanson. I can put up the source if anyone is interested. I have some ideas for my ZDT project that I’d like to do, but I’m trying to build up my knowledge up with some simple examples first.